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Hungary to Introduce Cheap, Entry-Level Internet Package for World Wide Web Newcomers

All Hungarian service providers will offer the new basic internet access service from January 1, 2017, business daily Világgazdaság reported, citing information provided by the secretariat of the government’s Digital Welfare Programme, led by the government commissioner Tamás Deutsch. The new basic package is expected to be cheaper by at least 15% than the lowest [...]

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GE Opened a Digital Development Centre in Hungary

Hungary’s minister of foreign affairs and trade, opened an 8 billion forint (EUR 26.3m) GE Global Digital Development Center — one of six such centers in the world. The Hungarian government regards GE as one of its best investment partners, Szijjártó said, noting that the centre now being opened is the only one of its [...]

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Hungary Proposes ‘Google Tax’ on Internet Firms

Hungary proposed to levy a withholding tax on internet companies such as Google, Facebook and Amazon at an informal meeting of EU finance ministers that took place in Slovakia’s capital Bratislava during the 10-11 September weekend, writes local paper Budapest Business Journal. The so-called ‘Google tax’ was mentioned several times by the Hungarian government in [...]

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Hungary Ranks 33rd on Global Innovation Index

Cornell University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have ranked Hungary 33rd out of 128 countries in the Global Innovation Index (GII), which measures the innovation performance of countries based on 82 indicators, according to reports. Hungary moved up the ladder from last year’s 35th, when a total of 141 countries were included [...]

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Hungarian Company Aims to Take Uber’s Place on Local Market

A Hungarian company wants to fill the gap left by ride-sharing company Uber when it pulled out of the country, daily Magyar Idők said on Tuesday. The company, which was earlier a sub-contractor for Uber in Hungary, wants to launch its mobile application in the coming days. The company will circumvent the strict rules on [...]

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Mobiles Still Used by Most Hungarian Youth for Calls – Study

Most young people in Hungary (78 percent) still use their mobile phones primarily for making phone calls, but the second most common activity (72 percent) is using various messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger or Viber, according to a survey conducted by Telenor in seven countries. Viber and other chat apps are more popular than [...]

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Budapest Transport Centre to Run Huf 550m Ad Campaign for E-tickets

The Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) will run a 550 million forint (EUR 1.7m) ad campaign over two and a half years to promote the electronic ticketing system it plans to introduce, daily Magyar Idok reported. BKK has invited bids for the ad campaign by July 29. It has announced another call for bids for independent [...]

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Huawei and Hungarian university sign cooperation agreement

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei and Hungarian Széchenyi István University yesterday signed a cooperation agreement in Győr, under which the company will support the university with HUF 100 million in the next five years, according to reports. The Chinese company will support the Hungarian university’s IT and telecommunication education through the grant, as well as establish [...]

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Lenovo moves enterprise manufacturing to Hungary

Chinese PC giant says that regional manufacturing of enterprise products will improve delivery times and cut shipping costs for channel. Lenovo today announced that it will begin manufacturing enterprise products in Hungary in order to provide EMEA customers and partners with faster delivery times and more flexibility. Manufacturing will be undertaken by Flex, Lenovo’s partner, [...]

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Hungarian data security firm eyes expansion in China

Hungarian data recovery and security company KURT is planning to expand into the Chinese market, the company told Hungarian news agency MTI. Having signed a strategic partnership agreement with Invest Shenzhen, Chinaʼs first special economic zone, last year, KURT has conducted talks on specific projects as part of the agreement in recent weeks. Deputy CEO [...]

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